August 12, 2021
The Kumbia Hall Committee is keen to hear from local residents who have stories or photographs from the early days of the town.
Hall committee secretary Gayle Carroll said the hall – formally known as the “Kumbia & District Memorial School of Arts” – will be celebrating its 100-year anniversary in September 2022.
“One proposal is to recognise the original selectors of the Taabinga Resumption of 1906-07, which comprised parts of Reedy Creek, Benair and Haly Creek; the ‘Horton Group’ settlement west of Mannuem Road in 1909; and the ‘new’ Taabinga resumption of 1911-12 consisting of Kumbia District, Alice Creek and Ellesmere,” Gayle said.
“We are hoping to confirm the names of the original selectors that are found on early Taabinga and Haly Parish maps.
“The ‘Horton Group’ names are already well-documented.
“It is planned to update the existing Pioneer Monument display boards at the hall with a Kumbia District map on one side and an alphabetical list of all original selectors with Portion/Lot numbers and other relevant historical information on the other side.”
Gayle told southburnett.com.au a “pioneer walk” could also be established in the hall grounds – similar to a project opened last year at Biggenden.
“We hope to establish a walk with a story and a photo of individual families whose descendants are willing to contribute to having their story on permanent public display,” Gayle said.
- For further information about the proposal, contact Gayle on (07) 4164-4175, 0438-644-176 or by email
